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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Abundance and distribution of sea lice larvae in relation to the three-dimensional current flow patterns around and within salmon farms

The primary objective of this project was to assess if and to what extent the layout of salmon farms creates localized zones with high sea lice larvae aggregations. We investigated this by mapping the spatiotemporal distribution of pelagic lice larvae in relation to lice levels on the farmed fish...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Norwegian-Japanese Aluminium alloy Research and Education Collaboration

Based on the successful research project 'Norwegian-Japanese Al-Mg-Si Alloy Precipitation Project', which was completed in 2015, the partners NTNU, University of Toyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry and Hydro Aluminum continued and extended their research collabor...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Japan - Collaboration between SINTEF and Kyoto University on offshore wind and HVDC grids

SINTEF Energi develops and applies methods and tools to identify economic offshore grid structures relevant for grid connection of offshore wind and inter-area power trade. The approach takes into account variability in wind and demand. The focus so far has been on the North Sea region. Offshore ...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

In silico Pathology - Improving diagnosis by utilizing big data and software-driven automation of pathology

The main project is all about researching and develop ICT solutions to supplement or replace methods in pathology to increase productivity and identify computer based prognostic biomarkers based on Big Data produced by digital pathology. It is generally accepted that most prognostic studies suffe...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

THE CHANGING ARCTIC CRYOSPHERE : SNOW AND SEA ICE IMPACT ON PREDICTION AND CLIMATE OVER EUROPE AND ASIA

Climate change is occurring rapidly in the Arctic, and climate models project further extensive changes later in this century. Global warming is enhanced at high northern latitudes where the Arctic surface air temperature has warmed at twice the rate of the global average in recent decades - a fe...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2019

Location: Akershus

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Resilience and adaptive capacity of arctic marine systems under a changing climate (RACArctic)

Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere has resulted in rapid warming of the Arctic, melting of sea ice and increased CO2 in the ocean causing the water to become more acidic (called ocean acidification). Within the RACArctic Project, a team of natural scientists, economists and social scientists from J...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2020

Location: Vestland

FRINATEK-Fri prosjektstøtte for matematikk, naturvitenskap og teknologi

Satellite-based Permafrost Modeling across a Range of Scales

Permafrost is permanently frozen ground of which a shallow surface layer thaws every summer and refreezes again in fall. Permafrost is an important element of the global climate system, and it is included as an "Essential Climate Variable" (ECV) in the "Global Climate Observing System" (GCOS) ope...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Transcriptome sequencing of Atlantic salmon pituitary to identify novel genes involved in pubertal activation.

One of the major challenges in the aquaculture industry is precocious maturation. Fish that mature too early will invest energy in developing gonads instead of growing in size, and at the same time, the filet quality deteriorates. In order to overcome these challenges there is a need for an incre...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2019

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Reliability and ruggedness of high power high voltage power electronics

The power semiconductors, today mostly Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) are the key components, and at the same time the most vulnerable components in the high power, high voltage converters, such as for the renewable energy sector and for HVDC transmission systems. One major caus...

Awarded: NOK 14.2 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Structure-function relationship in bacterial adhesins

was focused on the structure and evolution of bacterial adhesins from various adhesin families, we noticed that there is a lack of knowledge on the molecular mechanisms underlying adhesion. Only few adhesins have been characterized in detail, and frequently, the exact binding sites for host molec...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Advancing biomass technology - a biomimetic approach

Utilization of woody biomass has emerged as a top priority to meet growing energy demands, address climate change, and support the change to a viable bio-economy. However, the natural resistance of woody biomass to chemical and biological deconstruction is a challenge that biorefineries have to o...

Awarded: NOK 27.2 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2019

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Transforming China onto a low carbon pathway

China emits more than one-quarter of global emissions and is one of the key drivers behind the growth in global emissions. However, there are large uncertainties in Chinese carbon dioxide emissions. As a part of a group of international researchers, in 2015 we reported in the journal Nature that ...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

COEXIST - Condition and energy expenditure estimates from free-ranging marine mammals

Recent development and miniaturization of instruments that can be attached to marine mammals to collect and transmit information about their movements and diving ability has revolutionized our understanding of these important top predators in marine ecosystems. Together with estimates of their po...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Genome dynamics in early eukaryotic evolution: importance of enigmatic lineages

The origin of the eukaryotic cell from its bacterial ancestor is probably the most complex transition in evolution. Understanding the mechanisms of, and reasons for this major evolutionary transition is of fundamental importance for cellular and evolutionary biology. To reconstruct the origin and...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Natural and Anthropogenic influence on Precipitation and EXtreme events Naturlige og antropogene påvirkninger på nedbør og ekstremnedbør

Precipitation changes and especially changes in extreme precipitation are some of the most important challenges for future climate change. Differences among climate models for future precipitation changes are high. NAPEX tries to understand why there are so big differences between different clima...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Seafood Risk-benefit Methylmercury and nutrient interactions in the development of life style diseases.

Methyl mercury (MeHg) is a contaminant and environmental hazard that may occur in the food we eat. MeHg is the form of Hg which is considered to be most toxic to humans and deposited in water and accumulates upward in the food chain. Fish therefore become the most important source of exposure to ...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Vestland

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Fundamental studies of materials behaviour for future cold climate applications

The Norwegian oil and gas (O&G) industry, whose operation and activity is founded on the NORSOK standard (covering temperatures down to -14 °C), have 40 years of experience from operations the North Sea. Compared to NORSOK, operations in Arctic regions pose a number of additional material challe...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Fault tolerant model predictive control

The goal of the innovation is to develop world leading technology for model predictive control and online optimization which is applicable to critical and demanding industrial processes. This technology is based on the use of nonlinear, "first principles" models, that is mathematical models which...

Awarded: NOK 14.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Adverse Outcome Pathways for Endocrine Disruption in Daphnia magna, a conceptual approach for mechanistically-based Risk assessment

The EDRISK project aimed to develop Adverse Outcome Pathways for endocrine disruption in Daphnia magna to enhance the understanding on how pollutants may affect the health of crustaceans. The project work has resulted in development and submission of 3 conceptual AOPs with relevant modes of actio...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

Optimization of Ship Operations in Arctic Waters by Application of Sensor Technologies for Ice Detection, De-icing and Weather Data

Several different methods have been tested for ice thickness measurement (photogrammetry, laser, ultrasound), but it has not been possible to develop a sensor that is accurate enough (+/- 2 mm). During the project period, R. Stahl Tranberg AS (formerly Tranberg AS) has completed several develo...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Rogaland

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offshore operasjoner 2

Sea Trials and Model Tests for Validation of Shiphandling Simulation Models

The main objective of the project has been to develop and apply a method for validation of numerical ship models. Numerical models in engineering tools can be used for different purposes such as studies of ship manoeuvring characteristics in deep, open waters, design of fairways, ports and quays....

Awarded: NOK 13.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKTPLUSS-IKT og digital innovasjon

MEDICAL SENSING, LOCALIZATION, AND COMMUNICATION USING ULTRA WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY II

Medical Sensing, Localization, and Communications using Ultra Wideband Technology (MELODY II) investigated using the ultra wideband (UWB) frequencies to develop novel wireless health technology, for both improved network communication and improved and novel medical applications. Two major researc...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Cognitive redundant robot control for advanced human-robot collaboration

Small- and medium sized enterprises (SME) are currently in a challenging situation. On one hand, they are small, flexible and have low overhead costs compared to bigger enterprises. On the other hand, they are dependent on manual work force which makes th eir competitiveness dependent on the wage...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORRUSS-Nordområdene og Russland

Asian countries's interest in the High North: Security/foreign policy, energy, shipping and research/climate change

The project identified seven categories of interest in the Arctic among the major Asian countries: i) overarching political / geopolitical ambitions of being present and wield influence in an emerging global geopolitical hot spot, ii) the need to understand the fundamental climate change dynamics...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Akershus

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Role of macrophages for cancer eradication by the immune system

Role of macrophages for cancer elimination by the immune system Tumors contain both cancerous cells and normal cells, in particular immune cells. Macrophages represent a main type of tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Tumor-infiltrating macrophages may either promote or suppress tumor growth dep...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Ultra-lean consumption fixed abrasive wire sawing

During the establishment and tremendous growth of the solar cell industry,Norwegian industry has, due to a strong competence base within materials technology, taken and maintained a position as a world leading supplier of silicon ingots and wafers. The position of Norwegian industry is seriously...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRINATEK-Fri prosjektstøtte for matematikk, naturvitenskap og teknologi

Innovative enzyme technology for biomass processing

The goal of this project was to study a new type of enzymes that were discovered by NMBU in 2010 (see http://www.umb.no/forsiden/artikkel/nytt-enzym-gir-berekraftig-biodrivstoff). These enzymes are today called "LPMO" for "Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase"; they make enzymatic decomposition of ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Akershus

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Kommersialisering av resultater fra tidligere og pågående nanomatprosjekt. Pilotproduksjon av grafénderivat

Det japanske kjemiselskapet Nano-Chemical Corporation (NNC) ønsker å oppskalere fremstillingen av en av våre grafénbaserte nanopartikler. Basert på gode resultater oppnådd med en prøve NNC mottok fra oss i desember, ønsker de så raskt som mulig å komme i gang med pilotproduksjon, slik at de dels...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SIOS-PP-Svalbard Inte Artic Eart Ob Sy

Etabl.partn.27 - National Institute of Polar Research

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Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2015

Location: Ukjent Fylke

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

IGF-bindende proteiner ved termisk stress

Årene 2004 og 2006 var særdeles varme på Vestlandet, og studier viser at periodene med høye temperaturer vil inntreffe stadig oftere på grunn av klimaendringer. Lenger nord i landet vil man også oppleve perioder tilsvarende varmeperiodene på Vestlandet. U nder slike forhold tar laksen til seg min...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Vestland

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